@great68 sounds similiar to what I've done. Did 4 yards of top dressing and repairs this year. Had reasonable germination of my repaired areas, still watering 4x a day. Need more sun....

how much are roses suppose to be!?

I just spent 110 bucks on 14 "Ecuadorian" roses for our 14 year anniversary and i feel like i got jipped.

I went to safeway, sold out
I went to save on, sold out

ended up on a florist near my house but felt like i got taken.:okay:

Lol bra.. a dozen excellent roses at Costco are $20.

They have the best deal on roses and bouquets hands down. I haven’t seen anywhere that comes even close

WHAT THE FUCK......... i GOT JIPPED I GOT JIPPED!!

i wonder if i can refund them... :heckno:

https://i.postimg.cc/4x0fcxFh/IMG-6385.jpg

Yea like those are pretty nice.. but ya coulda had 5 dozen

pretty sure that's the stuff i picked up. lawn has never been greener. unreal

https://imgur.com/a/TN3gsYR

My lawn is full of these weeds, any idea what they are called and how to get rid of them?

edit, ok i don't know how to upload images, here's the link
https://imgur.com/a/TN3gsYR

Dandelions? Well you have a few options

Old fashioned manual pulling with something like this:
https://gardensnursery.com/wp-conten...less-Steel.jpg

You can burn them out with a torch:

https://assets.leevalley.com/Size4/1...lve-u-0001.jpg

Or, the chemical option:
https://www.ortho.com/sites/g/files/..._EN_CA1000.png

We use the weed puller by Fiskar, similar to the one Great68 posted. Has worked very well and relatively effortless. You can find them on sale at I think Home Depot but your mileage may vary. I like that Fiskar offers a lifetime warranty/replacement.

Yeah I got the weed puller from Fiskars. It broke within first year. Returned to Canadian Tire , no reciept, they said grab a new one no problem. New one is going strong on year 3. Best back saver.

I'm on a ground floor unit and for some reason ONLY my patio (none of the other ones around me) has a jungle of plants + weeds growing up from the cracks of all the little concrete squares... last year I complained to the caretaker that the gardening people aren't addressing it but some guy/girl just came in and quickly yanked them by hand and that was that, grew back super fast since the base of all of them was still there...

I'm not sure that tool above will work... I don't really want to spray poisons around because I have a 16 year old dog that walks out there... I'll try to take a pic of what I'm looking at haha, it's really grown out this year.

^ I just saw an adveristimenr on Amazon about a landscaping sand you use to fill in pavers erc. And it also kills/prevents weeds from growing. Might be an option

Spray with roundup once/twice a year. Done.

Don’t want to use sprays because of my ancient dog

I use a weeder for the ones that grow on dirt / grass, and manually pull out the ones between pavers. If it gets too crazy between the pavers I blast it with a pressure washer.

Vinegar and baking soda might work
https://www.inchcalculator.com/get-r...eeds-on-patio/

Round-up is completely safe for people/animals (there's a lot of bad/misinformation out there). Just let it dry after application before letting doggy out there.

And there are two versions of round-up, the version on the shelf with is really just vinegar solution (Roundup "Advanced"), and the version behind the locked case which is the real stuff (Roundup original, actually contains glyphosate)

Even that locked up version is like a hugely “safe” version I believe lol

My dads buddy has family back in Saskatchewan that are all farmers, they brought back some of the “real” shit ie. cancer causing etc. lol

Gave my dad some and he sprayed his entire lawn, not one weed the whole summer and only kills weed not grass. Legit worked like magic not even one dandelion

So the active ingredient in the "real" round-up is Glyphosate. This is the same stuff farmers use. There have no proven links between its use and cancer.
Glyphosate is an indiscriminate herbicide, kills any plant you spray it on.

The active ingredient in those determinant herbicides (Ie the ones that only kill weeds and not grass, IE Killex) is 2-4-D. (This was a component of "Agent orange" used in the vietnam war) This also hasn't been proven to cause cancer, but they think it's probable.

I will say that using Killex really stinks, and if you don't use gloves that smell sticks to your hands forever. Round-up, not so bad in that respect.

Its fine. I have a 2 year old who puts his hands in/on everything in our garden. We are over protective parents. I use Round Up twice yearly on a rock bed which sprouts weeds. Just let it dry, and for over protections sake I don't let the kid around it for a day or two post application.

Yea I’m guessing the stuff he got was the latter. Basically came in a 2L coke bottle with painters tape and a skull and cross bones drawn on lol

^ sounds like how you buy gasoline on islands in the Philippines

Where does everyone buy their gardening supplies? ie topsoil fertilizer seeds etc.

I am starting to get into lawn maintenance, and looking to fertilizing my lawn soon.

I found some at Home Depot, but happy to hear suggestions, from local shops.

Costco when they have it. Best prices on pretty much everything they stock, fertilizer, grass seed etc.

Picked our first crop of radishes yesterday! So exciting, the first vegetable we've grown.

Golden beets are almost ready, leeks are looking good, cabbages leaves are huge... but no heads yet which is concerning. I wonder all the rain hasn't been good for them.